Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust
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Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized
Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insight into the animal’s behavior and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case
AI bots ignore evidence. Can we trust them with science?
Scientists rethink their ideas after experiments. AI agents struggle to learn from evidence and recognize when an idea is obviously incorrect.
NASA administrator hails ‘Golden Age’ of lunar exploration as Moon Base plans unveiled
The space agency described the moon base as a sprawling city-like lunar outpost stretching over hundreds of square miles.
The Romans and Vikings left few genetic traces of their occupations of Britain, research suggests
Despite their occupations of Britain, the Romans and Vikings didn’t leave much of a genetic mark on Britons. The Anglo-Saxons, though, were a different story.
‘The sun would all but disappear, and the moon would always look full’: A radio astronomer shares her mind-bending view of the universe
Radio astronomer Emma Chapman explains why the radio view of the universe is so crucial to space exploration, astronomy, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Katherine Rauscher, of Michigan Technological University, prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on
1,200-year-old gold hoard discovered in Saudi Arabia may have been buried by a medieval pilgrim
Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,200-year-old hoard of gold, silver and gemstones that was buried along a medieval pilgrimage route in Saudi Arabia.
‘Poised to disintegrate’: Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is set to lose its ice shelf this year
West Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating
Scientists detect ‘naked’ black hole that’s heavier than its host galaxy — pointing to exotic new processes in the early universe
Astronomers weighed a black hole in a “little red dot” discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it
Huge volcanic eruption offers clues to fighting climate change
The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.
Grapefruit-sized hail may become more common in a warmer world
A global model suggests that climate change could make hailstones larger and more damaging in many regions, especially at mid-to-high latitudes.
Inside the effort to save one of America’s most imperiled salamanders
When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the
NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S.